The Solar Revolution Chart
The United States of America turns 250 years old on July 4, 2026. In fact, the actual Solar Revolution happens July 5, 2026 at 3:43 am. Here is the chart and my analysis follows.
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To get started, it is a mutable chart with Gemini Ascendant ruled by Mercury in Cancer. The natal seventh house has come to prominence by rising. Uranus, Mars, and Ceres are rising. The Nodal Axis is cutting the chart in half from the 10th and 4th houses, leaving all traditional planets on the Eastern Hemisphere. For these features and other reasons written in this chart, this will be a crucial and critical year for this country. Let's explain one by one.
During the year from this date to the next 'birthday', the country could be divided by ideas or factions, and will need adjustments to many fluctuations (Mutable dual Gemini). The ruler Mercury in Cancer is retrograde which indicates that things will be reviewed to be corrected and fixed in the domestic arena. Cancer being a cardinal sign ensures changes. Cancer also has to do with the protection of one's own, the home, the family and the home country, so national security could be one of the reasons for the dividing viewpoints. Mercury is in the decan of Pisces (ruled by Jupiter) and the Egyptian term of Jupiter. The issues to be 'repaired' are legal, ethical, or constitutional, and they regard international affairs, and even moral issues. The country will have to go back over the treatment of foreigners and over the previous assumption that they pose a threat to national security.
Except for a semi-sextile with Venus, Mercury seems not to aspect any other planet, at least in terms of traditional aspects. I'll later revisit the reason why it "seems". An unaspected planet is considered free to act in exaggerated or whimsical ways, which Mercury does in this case. Lots of communications, declarations, messages, and news should be expected with this Mercury retrograde, who wants to find out and divulge past issues, put them on the table to be recognized and addressed.
Moon rules this Mercury in Cancer, and she is in Pisces at the top of the chart with her North Node, in the decan of Cancer (very strong!) and in the Egyptian Term of Jupiter. All of what resonates with Mercury. Public emotional reactions shine the light on the issues that Mercury is addressing. In addition, Moon represents the people (the public opinion) and Pisces is the 4th whole sign house of the natal zodiac as well, which doubles the meaning of them coming to notoriety. The people recover their power, and the phenomenon will resonate around the globe going viral in the news. See this with Jupiter in Leo in the 3d house of communications. If you thought there was a lot of news already inflating the social media, you haven't yet seen anything comparable to what is coming. Jupiter will soon oppose Pluto: the technocratic powers through the internet and the artificial intelligence tries to stop those conversations and manipulate the narrative as usual, threatening and even removing them all together from circulation. (See more below about the Cradle.)
The planets on the Ascendant are the most powerful in the chart, and there is a lot to say about these planets. Not only is Mars conjunct Uranus with a very tight orb or 42', but they both are parallel to Ceres and Jupiter by declination at 20º North. This is a super duper conjunction to reckon with!! It means that they are working together as a team: the will power of impulsive aggression of Mars, the erratic eccentric and disturbing ideas of Uranus, the information feed of Ceres and the outbursting exaggerations of Jupiter can make things explode badly, and they will. Could the US get involved deeper in wars or other kinds of conflicts? Would the conflict be inside the country due to the division in two factions?
The fixed Royal Star Aldebaran rises right next to the Ascendant, but its declination is 17º North and the Ascendant is at 22º of declination North, meaning that the star is below the horizon, therefore not visible. They have a 2 degree orb of separation by longitude and 5º orb separated by declination. Nonetheless, we may consider its influence since it is so bright and forbidding. "Aldebaran has been thought as eminently fortunate, portending riches and honor; and was one of the four Royal Stars, or Guardians of the Sky, of Persia, 5000 years ago, when it marked the vernal equinox." 1 The other three stars used to mark the other equinox and the two solstices, but not anymore due to the precession.
Astrologers of ancient times have assigned the following meanings:
"To Ptolemy, Aldebaran was a Mars-type star, and is 'fierce, full of courage, delights in military affairs, unquiet, seditious, with violence, troublesome, causes storms, tempest on land and sea, restlessness, riotous people, stirring up popular dissent and revolution, inflames the minds of the people with furious quarrels, and is enemy of quiet and peace, madly desires civil and domestic wars."1
"Aldebaran is the Right and Bright Eye of the Bull. Called Lampaurus (the beacon) by Ptolemy, the royal fixed star of Mars nature was called Aldebaran by the Arabs, meaning “the one who follows the Pleiades.” If conjunct the Ascendant, this will point to extraordinary energy. Such a person will be able to be ahead of other people, will gain a leading position, and will be acknowledged, but also will make enemies through whom danger will threaten him or her."1
There will be more about its opposing relationship with Antares below. But these quotes give an idea of possible significations of Aldebaran that could be activated now that is conjunct the Ascendant. Moreover, even though it is below the horizon, something else makes her influence actually dramatic -or tragic maybe. Although Mercury, ruler of the Ascendant, is not conjunct this Star, they are parallel at 17º North (by declination), so Aldebaran's powerful light agitates Mercury over the entire year.
Additionally, the chart's Ascendant is parallel to the Sun at 22º North. The Sun is the vitality, and energy shining his light over the circumstances or events that the chart represents for the whole year. The Sun may also indicate the leadership taking the reins or leading the way somehow.
There are two important configurations in this chart. One of them is Kaal Amrita Yoga (often called Reverse Kaal Sarpa Yoga). The Kaal Amrita is a Jyothish astrology configuration that occurs when all seven traditional planets (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn) are positioned in one hemisphere and travelling from the North Node (Rahu) towards the South Node (Ketu).
According to this Eastern Astrology school,
"Unlike its more famous counterpart, Kaal Sarpa Yoga—which focuses on material accumulation and worldly desires—Kaal Amrita Yoga is primarily associated with spiritual evolution, inner peace, and forced detachment from material attachments."2The traits associated with this yoga are spiritual awakening, profound intuition, meditative depth, and psychic sensitivity. It has a component of karmic release, liberation, or
"forced detachment where external circumstances or losses systematically remove their attachments to wealth, ego, or material goals, steering them toward spiritual growth. It often brings life struggles: significant emotional unrest, feelings of isolation, and worldly difficulties until the native learns to surrender to the subtraction process rather than resist it."2
The other configuration is the Basket (also known as Cradle), where four planets are connected by sextiles, trines and one opposition. Venus in Leo opposite Pluto in Aquarius, define the Fixed Sign basket's dominant modality. The elements are Fire and Air. The masculine Signs promote active reactions, dynamism and an independent attitude, with an extrovert tendency. In order to use the Cradle energies efficiently and effectively, one needs diligent discipline, and a dose of ambition to endure with patience. The multiple sextiles and trines distribute the energy in a closed circuit, where all planets collaborate among themselves, but with a sense of being stuck and running in circles, not being able to detach and scattering the energy in too many areas.
“The Cradle provides potential at an inspired and congruent level [...] to blend the three mode energies. On the other hand, it tends to lack determination or may disperse the energies across the four areas [of experience] based on the house placements."3
[The cradle]“brings a stronger and more concrete dynamism to the areas indicated by the 4 planets involved. The sextiles indicate focused communication, whilst the oppositions give a broader vision of things and integrate complementary and antagonistic values, the trines provide stability”4
Therefore, all the experience is concentrated on that half hemisphere, and more specifically the four houses/Signs those planets activate. This Cradle promises heightened dynamic activity, lots of movement and ideological battles among self proclaimed 'inspired' ones who, having the power of money and influence, will fight to gain adepts, or at least social media followers. But be very careful of religious, political or philosophical 'gurus' claiming to own the truth. Disconnect and think for yourself.
Transit Over the Sibley Chart
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Let's explore just a few highlights about how the transiting chart impacts the natal chart. The cradle runs from the 3th through to the 9th house, occupying most of the relational houses, meaning that the country will be dealing with its capacity to discuss its interests with other countries, make deals, agreements. But also, there will be important reconsiderations of the what people think reality is versus their beliefs. When the 3d, 5th, 7th and 9th houses are activated like this, for an individual it is a period of testing the level of maturity in relationships. This has a lot to do with people's own esteem versus how they value others. Pluto in the 3th house indicates a powerful transformation of the country's way of thinking and communicating, as well as how its people relates to the environment. Jupiter in the 9th house talks about international affairs of legal and even ethical content.
The fifth house of a country represents its popularity, imperialism, diplomacy among other less relevant issues, and Neptune transiting here denotes their weakening in the eyes of the world, confusion and delusion of grandeur. 5
Mars and Uranus in the 7th house (returning to their respective natal placements) stimulate conflicts with allies or attacks from enemies and a general difficulty in relationships and agreements with others, because they revive the violent origin of the country, born of a war.
Transiting Saturn opposes natal Saturn and square natal Sun, blocking the authority of the President (represented by the Sun) by the demands of diplomacy, and by Congress activity and legislation. 5
Mercury retrograde period will have three passes over the natal Mercury. This signifies a review of old information in the area of shared assets, possibly relating to the president, because it rules the 10th house. Moreover, this could relate to the allies or enemies because it also rules the 7th house.
The transiting Ascendant is exactly opposite the natal Ascendant in Sagittarius. This brings the relationships and alliances issues to the forefront.
Mentioned above, Aldebaran is located at 10º Gemini, very close to the natal Descendant, denoting great opposition from the 'others' or the enemies. The royal star Aldebaran, the star of illumination, is directly across the zodiac from Antares in Sagittarius, the star of anger, pride and revenge. There are people who think that these are new in recent few years. In this case, a review of its history needs to be done to discover the truth, and separate the facts from the story that was told for 250 years.
US natal "Uranus conjunct Aldebaran gives extraordinary energy and capacity for work, whereby [it has gained] prestige and appreciation. On the other hand, the opposition of opponents is evoked by it."1
Maternus writes that Aldebaran “[…]when aspected by a malefic portends sudden and unexpected involvement in riots and sedition resulting in justly being condemned by the people.” But this star is also considered to be one of the most eminently fortunate stars in the sky, portending riches and honor (especially in war). Its natives will always seem to be under stress and in a constant state of anxiety but they are successful in making money.1
"Directly opposite Antares in the sidereal center of Taurus is Aldebaran, eye of the Bull. The Aldebaran / Antares axis is indicative of political systems, their people, and their opposing politics. Aldebaran holds and radiates vision for ideal physical logistics for authorities to put in place so as to aid the peoples of the Earth through evolutionary process and transition. Antares ensures that the current and accepted approaches and visions do not become static or antiquated. Antares ensures growth, evolution and change. If the Scorpion meets those bullheaded and stuck in their antiquated modality of life, the Scorpion's sting is not far off ~ hence its classical association with rebellious and destructive forces. Antares keeps the vision of Aldebaran up-to-date by challenging authoritarian powers. When there are rebellious or terrorizing forces assaulting the established order, this reflects the need to realize that the established order is no longer supporting in ways truly nourishing to the needs of the people, and requires some type of reform ~ reform that if denied, may result in some level of, otherwise unneeded, destruction." 6
The transiting Nodal Axis is extremely significant, because the South Node is in the 10th house 'draining' the power and reputation of the executive authority. The North Node, conversely, is empowering the public, the people, the foundation of the country, and by the way, the opposition to the official government.
The transits of Jupiter on the natal North Node and Pluto over the South Node, indicate the power struggles between what is culturally and morally appropriate and the technocratic power that manipulates information and media (brainwashing of society). The international affairs (9th house Jupiter) narrative is counter by the powerful technocratic propaganda. Hence, the news about the war, the global economy, commerce, treaties, and finances, are diametrically opposed, once one hears the official 'facts' compared with the foreign 'facts'.
And Chiron has ingressed Taurus, a dire time for Nature, for the production and distribution of food, and the global economy. Look back at Chiron's previous transits in Taurus between 1977 and 1984, if you were alive you might remember. Chiron in Taurus brings us to face our relationship with the body and the material reality of life.
Conclusion
Based on this analysis, the country will suffer great conflicts -if not civil war- inside the country, because of the radicalization of opposing political views. The crisis created by the dismantling of the entire federal government, either by decree or by unlawful procedures has submitted society and individual lives to great despair, and despondency, not to mention the complete lack of confidence in the supposed representation of political leaders. And when trust is lost, is gone from its roots to never come back.
The birthday chart with all planets on the Eastern hemisphere indicate that the country is turning on itself, to take care of basic domestic issues, private as well as public. Below the horizon, the first house is survival, the second is sustenance or the necessary resources, the third is communication and basic education. Above the horizon, the 12th house is the blind spot, 11th house is the law and legislation, and the 10th house is the country's reputation as well as the executive and the party in power. All these areas are to be worked out between the Nodes, for the country to be able to release its toxic karma in order to reboot.
Let us work for the best! Just a thought for this 'birthday': According to the Declaration of Independence, the people own the power. The Constitution establishes that people delegate their power on representatives who should be their expert employees executing the will of the people.
References
1- Fixed Star Aldebaran from Astrology King website
2- Jiothishi Astrology, Kala Amrita
3- The Cradle - lunarliving.org
4- The Cradle - https://www.astrotheme.com/files/figures-composed-aspects.php
Sat Nam
